Restored English Mansion

November 21, 2012

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The Grade II-listed Old Rectory was built in 1838, a year after Queen Victoria came to the throne. The 5,100-square-foot house has been fully restored, with limestone or tiled floors, while retaining many of the original features.
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"When we bought it nearly six years ago it was very dated, with pampas green bathroom suites, radiators that ran round the skirting and carpets on the stairs a bit like you get in the cinema. But you had to see beyond that," said Jackie Venables, who owns the Old Rectory with her husband Tom.
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"Even with all this dated stuff you could see it had beautiful high ceilings and that it was a stunning house," said Ms. Venables.
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"There was an annex which was rented out to somebody who did the gardening and cleaning," said Ms. Venables. "It was quite nice, but the ceilings weren't as high as the rest of the house. We found it had a void underneath so we could have the floor lower and have the same fantastic ceilings as everywhere else."
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"It's taken us five years to get it how we want," said Ms. Venables. "We've had two teams of builders at various times and one builder here permanently."
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On the ground floor are a drawing room, kitchen-breakfast room, dining room, study and a bedroom with en-suite bathroom. There are four bedrooms on the first floor. On the lower ground floor are another bedroom, a family room and a wine store.
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The Old Rectory is on more than an acre of land on the edge of the small village of Rous Lench in Worcestershire, England. It is about six miles from the town of Evesham, 15 miles from Stratford-upon-Avon and 100 miles from London.
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The house is listed with Knight Frank at £1.65 million ($2.6 million).
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